Todd Nelson was practically perfect in claiming a national
archery championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Tracy Area High School grad hit the
bulls-eye 117 times in 120 shots to claim a
National Field Archery Association championship. His title
came in the bow-hunter free-style limited division.

Nelson needed near perfection. His winning score was 597.
The runner-up logged a 595.

At this level, it is pretty competitive, the
Murray County farmer explains.

This is Nelson's third National Field Archery Association
title in the past four years. He also won in 1997 and 1999.
In 1998, he was leading the competition before experiencing
an equipment failure.

Baseball team opens Thursday,home
opener Friday against MCC

The Panther baseball team had a scrimmage at Sleepy Eye
Friday.

"I had been rather discouraged with the way we have
been practicing," said Panther Coach Bill Tauer.
"However when we got into game conditions against Sleepy
Eye, we looked much better. We hit the ball very well."

The Sleepy Eye team has returned all but two players from
last year's team and are favored to win the Tomahawk
Conference championship.

The Panthers open the season Thursday against Central
Minnesota Prinsburg at Prinsburg. Their home opener is
against Murray County Central Friday at 5 p.m.

Golf line-upsstill uncertain

Panther Golf Coach Randy McIntire is having a difficult time
getting a boys and a girls team ready to compete against Red Rock
Central this week. There are a few ineligibility's and there are
trips to France and to Spain by language students.